Excess Baggage

"A crash course in kidnappings, car thefts and other rituals of dating."

1997 1h 41m EN

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6.1

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33%

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5.4

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★6.1TMDB · 262🥫33%Rotten Tomatoes●34Metacritic★5.4IMDB · 14,760

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Synopsis

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A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.

“A crash course in kidnappings, car thefts and other rituals of dating.”

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Cast

Alicia Silverstone
Emily
Benicio del Toro
Vincent
Christopher Walken
Ray
Jack Thompson
Alexander
Harry Connick Jr.
Greg
Nicholas Turturro
Stick
Michael Bowen
Gus
Robert Wisden
Detective Sims

Credits

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Director: Marco Brambilla
Writers: Max D. Adams
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Marco Brambilla, shot by Jean-Yves Escoffier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Lurie. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Stephen E. Rivkin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Alicia Silverstone and Benicio del Toro and Christopher Walken carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A crash course in kidnappings, car thefts and other rituals of dating.".

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IMDB entry: tt0119086 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Marco Brambilla directs. Jean-Yves Escoffier behind the camera. John Lurie scores. Stephen E. Rivkin cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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129 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Marco Brambilla, shot by Jean-Yves Escoffier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by John Lurie. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Stephen E. Rivkin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Alicia Silverstone and Benicio del Toro and Christopher Walken carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "A crash course in kidnappings, car thefts and other rituals of dating.".
7IMDB entry: tt0119086 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jean-Yves Escoffier
Original score: John Lurie
Editing: Stephen E. Rivkin
Production design: Missy Stewart
Costume design: Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Makeup / hair: Victoria Down
Sound: Ezra Dweck
Stunt coordinator: Betty Thomas Quee
Runtime: 101 min · 1h 41m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Excess Baggage (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes: 33% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 34/100
IMDB rating: 5.4/10 · 14,760 votes
MPAA: PG-13
US box office: $14,515,490

Awards

2 wins & 3 nominations total

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Wuchak2018-06-04
★ 5/10
Poor little (crazy) rich girl with Benicio Del Toro and Christopher Walken RELEASED IN 1997 and directed by Marco Brambilla, "Excess Baggage" stars Alicia Silverstone as an eccentric 18 year-old in the Seattle area who fakes her own kidnapping to get her unloving father’s attention. She develops a relationship with an odd car thief (Benicio Del Toro) while her father enlists the even stranger “Uncle Ray” (Christopher Walken) to find her. Alicia was 19 during shooting and a rising young superstar after a string of popular roles: A pubescent tease in “The Crush” (1993), a popular Beverly Hills adolescent in “Clueless” (1995), a wannabe Nancy Drew in “True Crime” (1995) and a hot superheroine in “Batman & Robin” (1997). “Excess Baggage” was Silverstone’s first movie after a pricey production deal with Columbia and it was strongly rumored that she clashed with director Brambilla. Originally slated for release in the Fall of 1996, it was pushed back to late the next Summer. The movie starts confident & strong and could be likened to contemporaneous quirky flicks like “Buffalo ‘66” (1998). It regrettably fizzles out in the second half but, nevertheless, Alicia was in her physical prime with alluring curves. Unfortunately, she’s stuck with one basic outfit the entire film (form-fitting black pants). Much more could’ve and should’ve been done with her. On the other side of the gender spectrum, Del Toro is notable as the mumbling eccentric while Walken is intriguing and entertaining as a former CIA assassin who basically raised Emily (Silverstone) and is concerned about his employer’s aloofness. THE FILM RUNS 101 minutes and was shot in British Columbia (Vancouver, Victoria & Britannia Beach) and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. WRITERS: Max D. Adams plus Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. GRADE: C+

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